Waltham

Created Wednesday 09 October 2024

The American Waltham Watch Co
The Waltham Watch Company, also known as the American Waltham Watch Co. and the American Watch Co., was a company that produced about 40 million watches, clocks, speedometers, compasses, time delay fuses, and other precision instruments in the United States of America between 1850 and 1957. The company's historic 19th-century manufacturing facilities in Waltham, Massachusetts have been preserved as the American Waltham Watch Company Historic District.

The company went through a series of bankruptcies and restarts under new ownership, with watches and clocks bearing the Waltham name still being made and marketed today.

After the Civil War, the company became the main supplier of railroad chronometers to various railroads in North America and other countries. In 1876, the company showed off the first automatic screw making machinery and was awarded the first gold medal in a watch precision contest at the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition.

In 1885 the company name changed to the American Waltham Watch Company (AWWCo).

Waltham 1899

1899 Movement
Made in 1906 the same year both my Grandfather's were born.

The American Waltham Watch Co

Manufacturer: Waltham
Manufacturer Location: Waltham, Massachusetts
Movement Serial Number: 14912179
Grade: No. 620 (Nickel movement, unadjusted, 15 jewels)
Model: 1899
Estimated Production Year: 1906
Run Quantity: 1,000
Grade/Model Run: 142 of 174
Grade/Model Total Production: 339,100
Variant Est. Production: 153,450 (16S-M1899-15J-ONP)
Size: 16s
Jewels: 15j
Jewel Setting: Screw-Set
Movement Configuration: Openface
Movement Finish: Nickel
Movement Inlay Color: Black
Movement Setting: Pendant
Plate: Bridge Plate
Bridge Type: Center
Regulator: Church 1892
Hairspring: Breguet
Adjusted: No
Railroad Grade: No
Movement Markings: A.W.W.Co.
Waltham, Mass.
15 Jewels

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